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Marlene Gebauer, in a guest post, takes me to task for my recent post on how the law firm model is not broken. Based on the comments I received from that post, I told her to “get in line” if she wanted to take a shot at me, but
The Business Model is Not Broken
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Recently I participated in a think-tank discussion about how the law firm business model is broken. I kept quiet for the first part of the discussion (for those who know me, this was not easy). People in the room attacked most aspects of how law firms are run, which is popular and
Pricing, Profitability and Compensation – Part Two
In Part One of this series, we talked about how pricing is pulling towards the compensation challenge for law firms, based on how pricing is interwoven with profitability. In this next section we put forth a “Straw Man” for how compensation might change to better motivate profitable behavior by law firm partners.
Part Two
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Pricing, Profitability and Compensation – Part 1
In this two part series, we will look at how the legal pricing role has been drawn into the profitability role and is now being pulled towards the compensation side of law firms. From there we will apply the knowledge being gained from pricing and lay out a possible future compensation approach focused on motivating
The Depths T'Which Ethics Reaches: or, The Origin of Opinion 642
CI & Law Firms: The Analysis Conundrum
Part 2 of the The Legal Intelligencer’s ongoing series on Law Firm Competitive Intelligence came out on May 13th. The author, Gina Passarelli, makes a few points that, well, let’s just say I have a different perspective on.
Let’s start with the firms that were interviewed for this article. They are AMLAW100 firms with resources and budgets (personnel and
CI Q&A
I recently returned from the 29th annual Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Conference in sunny and warm Orlando. The conference was a terrific networking event as per usual. I am constantly impressed, and inspired by the professionals who work in CI across a variety of industries every day. But I am also intrigued by
Lexis Advance's Upcoming Changes (AKA "No More Infinite Tabs")
For those of you who have been under a rock for the past few weeks (like me), you may not have heard of the changes that Lexis Advance is making to the look and feel of the product next month. Lexis is calling this a “New, Cleaner Look” that doesn’t change the steps you take
CI & Law Firms: An Integral Part of the Legal Business
I found the story in today’s Legal Intelligencer on Law Firm Competitive Intelligence interesting.
I noticed a few points (yes I know, surprising isn’t it?) after reading this that I think bear a bit of discussion. Here are my perspectives, which are based on 20 years as a CI professional as well as the Co-chair of
Google Glass: 2 Weeks In
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So, I’ve had a lot of people asking me about Glass over the last few weeks. How is it? What do you think? Should I get one? My answers have generally been: It’s interesting, I think I like it, and No, you definitely